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Welfare, illegal immigration, and growth: pick two

By Conn Carroll
Published August 18, 2011 4:00am ET
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Welfare, illegal immigration, and growth: pick two
Reading Tim Carney’s Cowboy Corporatism column today does give me flashbacks to the worst parts of the Bush presidency. But I still welcome Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s entrance into the race. Texas’ job growth record offers a stark contrast to the direction Obama is taking the United States. Take The Washington Post’s Harold Meyerson column, […]

Reading Tim Carney’s Cowboy Corporatism column today does give me flashbacks to the worst parts of the Bush presidency. But I still welcome Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s entrance into the race. Texas’ job growth record offers a stark contrast to the direction Obama is taking the United States.

Take The Washington Post’s Harold Meyerson column, “The sad facts behind Rick Perry’s Texas miracle.” Meyerson writes:

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